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Human Environment - NCERT Guide Geography Class 7
Q1: Answer the following questions.
- What are the four means of transport?
- Which are the activities practiced by rural people?
- Mention any two merits of railways.
- What is Weather?
- What is mass media?
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Ans:
- Four means of transport are - Waterways, Roadways, Railways, and Airways.
- The activities practiced by rural people are mainly primary activities; which include - Agriculture, Pastoral activities, Fishing, Mining, Extracting and gathering. Other activities practiced by rural people are like trading of products related to primary activities, services related to primary activities, etc.
- These merits are -
1. Quick means of transport
2. Carrier of bulk goods over long distances at a cheap rate.
- Mass media is the medium of communication to the masses which include - print media, radio, and television.
Q2: Give reasons: Today’s world is shrinking.
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Ans:
“Today’s world is shrinking” is said correctly because of the following reasons:
- Airways have become popular as more and more people are using aeroplane to travel far distances. This reduces the time of journey considerably.
- Means of communications have reduced both distances and time. We can talk, see and interact with people sitting thousands of kilometers away in seconds.
- We can complete so many jobs including business settlements in seconds by virtue of super fast means of communications like internet, mobile phone etc.